'File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands'
IOR/R/15/2/1347
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The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 18 Feb 1941 - 31 Mar 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file includes reports on economic and trade conditions on the Bahrain Islands for the years 1939-40, 1940-41, and 1941-42; and statements of discrepancies noticed in Bahrain trade reports for 1938-39 and 1939-40, with remarks. The trade reports list thirty-four countries from which imports had been received (notably Arabia, Iraq, India, Iran, Africa, the United States, Japan, England [United Kingdom], Germany, Holland [the Netherlands], Burma, and Ceylon) under the general headings of animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; fuel; oils; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textile and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and twenty-one countries (notably Arabia, India, Iraq, Persia, England [United Kingdom], Iran, the United States, Java, and Sumatra) to which exports had been sent, under the general headings of building materials; cereals; animals; oils; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; and miscellaneous.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (159 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation system in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner. A second foliation system also appears, again in the top right-hand corner, but not circled. This system, which covers all the papers in the file, begins at number 6 and runs to number 161. It then continues 1/102 to 39/240.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1347
- Former external reference(s)
- English Office files: 10/4 IV
- Date(s)
- 18 Feb 1941 - 31 Mar 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Trade (practice)
- People & organisations
- Bahrain Political AgencySir Knight Charles Dalrymple Belgrave
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- IOR/R/15/2/1347
- Title
- 'File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 76r:100v, 101ar:101bv, 102r:155r, 156r:156v, 155v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
